Category: Constitutional Law

Eavesdropping on the phone calls of U.S. citizens; demands by the FBI for records of library borrowings; establishment of military tribunals to try suspected terrorists, including U.S. citizens--many of the measures taken by the Bush administration since 9/11 have sparked heated protests. In Not a Suicide Pact, Judge Richard A. Posner offers a cogent and elegant response to these protests, arguing that personal liberty must be balanced with public safety in the face of grave national danger. Critical of civil libertarians who balk at any curtailment of their rights, even in the face of an unp...
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FDR v. The Constitution: The Court-Packing Fight and the Triumph of Democracy

By: Solomon, Burt

Price: $7.00

Publisher: Walker Books : May 2010

Seller ID: 120942

ISBN-13: 9780802710314

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

FDR v. the Constitution is the colorful story behind 168 days that riveted-and reshaped-the nation. Burt Solomon skillfully recounts the ebb and flow of a moment in American history that placed the inner workings of the nation's capital on full view as the three branches of our government squared off.
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